The Dark Phoenix Saga

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The Dark Phoenix Saga is a landmark X-Men comic book storyline in which Jean Grey is transformed into the immensely powerful and dangerously unstable Dark Phoenix, with catastrophic consequences for the team and the universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf X-Men storyline
comic book storyline
alterEgoOf Dark Phoenix NERFINISHED
climaxLocation Blue Area of the Moon NERFINISHED
colorist Glynis Wein NERFINISHED
continuity Earth-616 NERFINISHED
coPlotter John Byrne NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely regarded as one of the greatest X-Men stories
editor Jim Shooter NERFINISHED
feature Angel NERFINISHED
Beast NERFINISHED
Colossus NERFINISHED
Cyclops NERFINISHED
Dark Phoenix NERFINISHED
Emma Frost NERFINISHED
Hellfire Club NERFINISHED
Jean Grey NERFINISHED
Kitty Pryde NERFINISHED
Lilandra Neramani NERFINISHED
Mastermind
Nightcrawler NERFINISHED
Professor X NERFINISHED
Sebastian Shaw NERFINISHED
Shi'ar Empire NERFINISHED
Storm NERFINISHED
Wolverine NERFINISHED
X-Men NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1980
follows The Phoenix Saga NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
space opera
superhero fiction
impact cemented the X-Men as a flagship Marvel title
redefined Jean Grey as a tragic figure
influenced Dark Phoenix (film) NERFINISHED
X-Men: The Animated Series adaptation NERFINISHED
X-Men: The Last Stand NERFINISHED
inker Terry Austin NERFINISHED
language English
letterer Tom Orzechowski NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Jean Grey NERFINISHED
notableEvent Dark Phoenix consumes a star
Jean Grey becomes Dark Phoenix
Jean Grey sacrifices herself on the Moon
destruction of the D'Bari star system
trial of Phoenix by the Shi'ar
partOf Uncanny X-Men NERFINISHED
penciller John Byrne NERFINISHED
preceededBy The Phoenix Saga NERFINISHED
publishedIn Uncanny X-Men #129 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #130 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #131 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #132 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #133 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #134 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #135 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #136 NERFINISHED
Uncanny X-Men #137 NERFINISHED
publisher Marvel Comics
theme corruption by power
identity
sacrifice
writer Chris Claremont NERFINISHED

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Uncanny X-Men notableStoryline The Dark Phoenix Saga
X-Men notableStoryline The Dark Phoenix Saga